Re: Arabic Questions

--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, David Peterson <ThatBlueCat@A...> wrote:

> The "ee" in "meet" [i] is to the "y" in "yellow" [j],
> as the "oo" in "boot" [u] is to the "w" in "white" [w],
> as the "a" in "father" [A] is to the letter "'ayn".
That's a description of the voiced h, i.e. [h\].  The
[?\], on the other hand, has a constriction at the
adam's apple.  It sounds like the croak you might be
able to produce while somebody is trying to strangle
you.  A co-worker of mine says I pronounce it
surprisingly correctly, though I can't manage without
distorting my face and making a buffalo-charge motion
with my head.  ;-)


-- Christian Thalmann